My name's Toasted and im a gym visitor.

[Toastedweed]

I've been going to the gym for about a month now. Ive noticed a big improvement in many things, most noticably the belly is going and im getting more muscles, which is really nice. I'd like a little advice on my workout. I'm 19, 6'2 and currently 84.5 kilos. I go to the gym either 3 or 4 times a week, normally every other day this is what i do:

10 minutes cycle, 5 easyish minutes and 5 hardish minutes (level 6 for easy and 9 for hard - if that means anything to you) This is my warmup.

20 minutes running, 2 min at 5.6kph, 8 min at 10kph, 2 min at 5.6kph, 5 min at 12 kph, 3 at 5.6 kph.

Abs machine sat up thing: 25 reps at 30kgs, then 35, then 40, and 10 at 50. THe 50 really tests me at the moment - i can only do 10, when i can do 25 comfortably ill start doing 10 at 55 and so on.

Lateral pull down 25 reps at 28kgs, 10 at 35kgs (cause its hard work)

The shoulder muscle bar over head thing, i do 25 easy ones and 10 hard ones. i think its about 25 and 30 kgs respectively.

The push out shoulder thing that you have to set first with your legs, i do 25 at 28kgs and 10 at the next one up (cause its hard work)

Bicep curls as many as i can at some level thats hard work.

bench press thingy, i aim for 25 at about 30 kgs but im not that good yet.

Then i do some leg weights and then i have a shower because im sweating like a *******.

I used to do cross trainer instead of running, but ive been getting into running recently because it feels like im doing more work which has to be good.

I aim to lose some more belly and put on some more muscle.

How does my workout sound?

[INspECtoR-71]

Try splitting you cardio (running etc) and weights workouts to serperate days.

On the weights you should be aiming for 3-4 sets of 8-12 reps with a weight you can just manage to complete this on. (there are other more advanced sets/reps techniques but this is a good start). Also concentrate on one muscle area at a time, e.g upper body one day, legs the next etc. You will also need to work large muscle areas e.g. chest more than biceps etc. i.e. you need to do more excercises such as chest press+incline chest press+fly's

Also, probably most importantly, what you eat and when you eat it is very important if you want to improve your physique. Uncle Dilb pointed me in the direction of Anita Bean's "Fitness on a plate" which is a good all round read.